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A. P. RIBTZEL.

- REEL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1 1, 1909.

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A. F. RIETZEL.

REEL.

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ATTOR/VE Y3 U ITED STATES PAEPENT OFFICE,

ADOLPH F. RIETZEL, OF WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 WALLACE H. ROWE,

or rrr'rsnuaen, PENNSYLVANIA.

REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ADOLPH F. RIETZEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Westerly, in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is a specification. a

My invention relates to the construction of reels and it is designed primarily to afford a reel suitable for holding and ship-' ping barbed or other wire and that shall be not only stronger, cheaper and lighter than the skeleton wooden reels heretofore customarily employed for such purpose but shall be also indestructible from fire or from rough handling and not liable to collapse when heavily loaded.

A further object is to provide a reel that shall be of uniform weight and not subject to the objections incident to the use of wooden reels which for the same style and weight will frequently vary a number of pounds.

My invention consists in the novel con: struction of reel made entirely of metal as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed. I

- In addition to the general objects hereinbefore recited the purpose of my invention is to permit the utilization of the electric welding process in the construction of the reel thereby. making it possible to produce a metal reel which shall be strong as well as cheap when made of a number of pieces or arts.

11 the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a reel constructed in accordance with'my invention after its completion by a welding, of the various parts together.

I Fig. 2 is an end view of said reel. Fig. 3

Fig. 4 is an edge view of ametal stri or plate used for one pair of diametrica 1y opposite reel arms. Fig. '5 is a plan and Fig. 6 an edge view of a plate is a plan.

. or'strip of metal used for the other pair of arms. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section.

through the body portion of the reel. Fig.

8 is an end View of said body portion.

Fig. 9 is a plan of a modified construction of reel embodying my invention. Figs. 10

11, 12'and' 13 are 'plan and edge views of metal strips or plates used in constructing the reel 1g. 9. Fig. 14 is an end view of the completed reel. Fig. 15 is a plan of the body portion of the reel and Fig. 16 is an end view thereof. Fig. 17 is a plan and Fig. 18 a central cross-section through a strengthening plate or flange forming a part of the reel.

The body portion 1 of the reel consists of a piece of tubing or shaped into the form 0 a tube and provided at its end with the flanges 2. Preferably, said flanges are formed in any suitable man-' ner with raised portions-or projections to be used as welding projections in the welding of the arms of the reel to the faces of said flanges. The arms or wings of the reel consist of metal plates or strips 4, 4' which are applied upon the body portion one over the iece oi sheet metal other and intersect at the axis of the reel.

on the flanges 2. The strip 4 is the inner 4. is applied over it but one and the strip is depressed at its center where it crosses the strip 4 so as'to bring the arms of the same plates into substantially the same plane and cause their ribs or welding projections to lie inthe'same en age welding pro ections 3 of the same height on the faces of the flanges 2. These strengthenin ribs or projections 5 are preferably roun ed and extend radially from the center of. the reel and cross the welding projections 3 which may also be rounded in a direction transverse to that of the ribs 5 thereby afiordin a welding engagement -or contact especial y serviceable in provid-' ing a contact area of very limited extent at which the welding current will be local ized, as well understood in the electric welding art. -The union of the various parts by an electric weldingprocess isconducted in the ordinary way employed in the welding of metal plates or pieces to one another, the parts being assembled in their proper relat'ive location in an electric weldin machine between welding electrodes con ormed to said arts and so as to permit pressure to be applled and heating current to be passed from one part tothe other across the welding. projections.

Obviously, it will be possible without dearting from my invention, to provide weldlngdprojections of other shapes and, if desire omit the welding project-ion upon one plane and so as to all.

of the parts although ordinarily it is best to provide each part with a projection. It is to be understood further that the term I welding projection as used herein, in-

. sure at the desired spot of union.

In the modification of my invention shown in Fig. 9 and following the end of the tube portion or body is provided with intersecting depressions 6 of any desired number but, as shown, two in number, crossing at right angles to afl'ord a seat for each of the two metal plates or strips 4, 4' that ,constitute the reel arms.

Said strips or plates 4, 4 are located in said depressions and cross one another as already described. The depressions form a bed for the wings or arms and add greatly to the strength of the reel. The strips or plates 4, 4 may be welded in all cases one at a time, if desired, the inner one 4 being the first to be welded, or they may, by suitable conformation of the welding electrodes, be both welded at once. The welding projections on the flanges to which the arms or wings are welded are indicated at 3 and are located in said depressions. If it is desired to strengthen the reel further, a plate or washer 7 may be applied over the plates 4, 4 and welded to the flange by .the welding projections 3 lying on the undepressed portion of the flanged face. Cooperating welding projections 8 of any desired shape upon the plate 7 are pref erably provided to engage the projections 3. All of these projections may be formed in the metal by indenting the same or may be provided in any other suitable wa The area of contact for localizing the eat-ing current at such projections and the shape of the electrodes therefor will be accom-' modated to the weight or mass of the parts,

as is well understood by those versed in the electric welding art.

I do not limit myself to any particular construction or form of flanged tube constituting the body portion of the reel, nor to any special form of construction of the wingswelded to the flanges or ends of said tube by their ribs or other welding projections. Obviously also, the ribs, while useful for strengthening the whole length of the arm sisting of intersecting metal plates the outer one of which has a depressed center, formed by bending the metal of the plate, said plates being welded on-their faces to the faces of the flanges. I

2.- In a metal reel a metal body combined with arms or wings consisting of intersecting metal plates, the outer one of which has a depressedcenter formed'by' bending the metal of the plate to bring the arms of the two plates into substantially the same plane,

the

depressions and welded by their faces to the faces of the flanges.

5. In a metal reel the combination of a metal body portion consisting of a tube having flanged ends, reel arms comprisingv plates welded to the faces of said flanges and a plate welded on its face to the faces of said arms.

6. In a metal reel a metal drum having flanged ends provided with intersecting depressions, metal plates composing the reel arms and welded by their-faces to thedepressed portions of the flange and a plate or washer superposed on the arms and welded to the face of the flange at portions thereof lying between the depressed portions.

7. In a metal reel a body portion consisting of a metal tube with flanged ends, reel arms or win s comprising metal strips welded by their faces to the faces of said flanges and a strengthening plate or washer superposed on said arms or wings and welded thereto.

8. A metal reel comprising a metal body portion having flanged ends, reel arms or wings welded to the faces of said flan es and a strengthening plate or washer a so welded to the face of said flange at points between the arms.

9. In a. metal reel a body portion consisting of a metal tube having flanged ends pro-' vided with intersecting depressions, reel arms or wings consisting of intersecting metal plates or strips lying in said depressions and united by welding projections to the flange within said depressions and a metal strengtheningplate or washer superposed on thecrossing strips or plates and welded by its face to the face of the flangebetween the depressed portions thereof.

10. In a metal reel the combination of a metal body portion comprising a tube having ends provided with depressions in their faces which intersect one another, crossing bars or strips lying in said depressions and constituting the reel arms or wings, the arms having radial ribs and welded to the outer one of said plates being depressed at faces of said flanges by said ribs. its center where it crosses the other one and Signed at New York in the county of a strengthening plate or washer superposed New York and State of New York this 12th 5 on said wings or arms and welded on its day of May A. D. 1909.

face to the es of the flan e at portions ADOLPH F. RIETZEL. thereof between the depresse portions. Witnesses:

11. In a metal reel a metal body portion IRENE LEFKOWITZ,

having flanges on its ends and metal reel EDWARD M. JELLINEK. 

